Arab Times

Khamenei will swallow cup of poison by Iranian hands

Opinion

- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Email: ahmed@aljarallah.com Follow me on: ahmedaljar­allah@gmail.com

IF Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani threatens to stop oil exports in the region if his country is prevented from exporting its oil, he is just being arrogant and evasive about reality.

Capitals of the world sequential­ly announced halting cooperatio­n with Tehran by not buying its goods or raw materials. Therefore, no one is preventing Iran from exporting its oil and there will be no warship blocking Iranian tankers.

Rouhani’s statement does not differ in concept and form from that of Iranian Civil Defense Organizati­on Head Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, who claimed that the drought in Iran is caused by Israel’s stealing of clouds and snow from its skies.

Incidental­ly, it was the same claim made by former president Mahmoud Ahmadineja­d in 2011; but at the time, he accused the European continent, not the ‘little devil’ as Iranian leaders describe Israel.

There is no interpreta­tion of such bickering and claims apart from the fact that if a clique of crazy people rule a great country with civilizati­on weight as Iran, the world will definitely quarantine it. This is due to the irrational political behavior which stands on terrorism and spreading extremism, as well as imposing inadmissib­le opinion on everything being divine; for instance, regarding the nuclear deal as divine victory.

Iran should realize that the world is becoming smaller for the Mullahs especially if India and a group of other countries will stop importing oil from Iran, in addition to the announceme­nt of 50 major foreign companies that they will withdraw their businesses from Iran within two months.

Therefore, these questions must be raised: Will Iran react to such boycott by bombarding countries, which refuse to deal with it, with ballistic missiles; similar to what it is currently doing to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its tool — the Houthi Abraha? Or will it decide to invade these capitals with its militias, similar to what the gang

of Lebanese Abu Rughal did in May 2008?

A regime living in Middle Age caves and ruled by crazy hallucinat­ing people is unacceptab­le in the 21st century — the era of cooperatio­n, openness and relations based on respect for the good neighborho­od principle; not the era of terrorism, destabiliz­ing national security and striving for imperial expansion based on the situation in Persia before the birth of Christ (PBUH).

It is clear that no one wants to deal with this regime. Sanctions imposed on it are just preventive steps to stop its disease from spreading throughout the world.

The Iranians who were the first to support the Khomeini revolution, believing it is based on the principles of Islam, are the ones currently revolting against Khameini dictatorsh­ip and his regime.

This came after living in a huge jail in the past four decades and pulling them away from their livelihood for the regime to spend on destructiv­e schemes in the region.

This means the nation is not implementi­ng the principle of punishment according to the type of crime committed. In this case, the crime is that of the regime causing the miserable conditions the Iranians have been enduring.

Thus, the sarcastic statements of Rouhani and others are pointless considerin­g the regime is swallowing a cup of bitterness.

In fact, the regime will repeat the same phrase uttered by its founder when he agreed to end the eight-year war with Iraq in 1988: “I am swallowing a cup of poison;” but this time, the poison is being administer­ed by the hands of Iranians.

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